Blood mica: Child workers deaths in illegal mica mines

Blood Mica: Glittery Eyeshadow and Child LaborThe

Jul 09, 2019· Approximately 90 percent of the worlds mica comes from India, particularly from region of Jharkhand where the worlds largest mica deposits can be found. Despite its mineral wealth, the region is plagued by poverty and hunger. Of the 33 million people who live in Jharkhand, 13 million are living below the poverty line.

Child labour rampant in mica mining districts of Bihar

India is one of the worlds largest producers of mica, with Jharkhand and Bihar being the main mica producing states in the country. Mica is used in various sectors, including buildings and electronics, and even in cosmetics and paint production.

Mica Mining Exposes Child Labour In The Makeup Industry

Unlike chunky glitter often made from plastic, micas delicate shimmer is one of the pillars of modern makeupand 60% of the highquality mica that goes into cosmetics comes from India, mostly from neighbouring regions of Bihar and Jharkhand, where child mining and worker exploitation is the norm.

The Ugly Face of Beauty: Is Child Labour the Foundation

Aug 31, 2016· The impoverished population of Jharkhand State mine for mica despite it being banned. This is destroying the states nature reserve, but the worlds growing interest in micabased cosmetics means

Global spotlight on illegal mica mines drives Indian

Over 5,000 children abandon education in mica mines of

Aug 25, 2019· India is one of the worlds largest producers of mica, with Jharkhand and Bihar being the main mica producing states in the country. Mica is used in various sectors, including buildings and

22,000 children risking lives in India's 'illegal' mica

It adds, Unlike chunky glitter often made from plastic, micas delicate shimmer is one of the pillars of modern makeupand 60% of the highquality mica that goes into cosmetics comes from India, mostly from neighboring regions of Bihar and Jharkhand, where child

Mica scavenging in Jharkhand destroys lives and environment

Oct 22, 2019· Underground mining was legal in Jharkhand before the Forest Conservation Act came into effect in 1980. Mining companies began to windup as the government stopped issuing fresh leases. By 2000, mica mining ground to a complete halt. And that is when the illegal scavenging started.

Mica Mining Exposes Child Labor In The Makeup Industry

Unlike chunky glitter often made from plastic, micas delicate shimmer is one of the pillars of modern makeupand 60% of the highquality mica that goes into cosmetics comes from India, mostly from neighboring regions of Bihar and Jharkhand, where child mining and worker exploitation is the norm.

India to legalise mica mining in bid to tackle endemic

Mines and MineralsKodermaIndia

Previously the Mica belt was known as Bihar mica belt which extends for a distance of 160 km having an average width of 25 kms. The mica belt strenches from Gurpa in Gaya district in the west through Nawada, Koderma, Hazaribag, Giridih in Jharkhand and Jamui as

Mica mining revival in Jharkhand on the cardsBusiness

Chemical, pharmaceutical and paints industries are the main consumers of mica. After constitution of Jharkhand bifurcating Bihar in November 2000, five coalition governments came in power that failed in reviving this important mineral mica despite of its huge export potentiality.

GLOBAL MICA MINING

in the mica supply chain, with a special focus on Dutch companies, as well as the due diligence conducted by these companies; and 3 to look into pending initiatives to eradicate child labour. The research revealed that mica mining is an important source of income for hundreds of villages in Jharkhand and Bihar. The mining entails more than

Blood Mica: Deaths of child workers in India's mica 'ghost

Aug 03, 2016· Blood Mica: Deaths of child workers in India's mica 'ghost' mines covered up to keep industry alive.Gudiya, 13, breaks away pieces of mica from rocks in an illegal open cast mine in Koderma district in the eastern state of Jharkhand, India, June 29, 2016. Picture taken June 29, 2016.

Koderma districtWikipedia

Koderma is bordered by Nawada district of Bihar on the north, the Gaya district of Bihar on the west, the Giridih district of Jharkhand on the east, and the Hazaribag district of Jharkhand on the south.

Blood Mica: Glittery Eyeshadow and Child LaborThe

Jul 09, 2019· Approximately 90 percent of the worlds mica comes from India, particularly from region of Jharkhand where the worlds largest mica deposits can be found. Despite its mineral wealth, the region is plagued by poverty and hunger. Of the 33 million people who live

India to legalise mica mining in bid to tackle endemic

May 08, 2017· Activists lauded the decision to legalise mica mining, but warned that high poverty levels meant the move was unlikely to stop child labour. Two states in eastern India, Jharkhand and Bihar, account for roughly 25% of the global production of mica,

Child Workers Dying In Jharkhand Mines. Government Cracks

A Report on Child Labour in Mica Mines of Koderma

The state of Jharkhand is extremely rich in mineral deposits and mica is one such mineral which is high on demand across the world. Two districts namely Giridih and Koderma also known as the mica capital of India have been the key mica suppliers around the world.

Child Workers Dying In Jharkhand Mines. Government Cracks

Aug 11, 2016· Authorities in Jharkhand will crackdown on mica mafia by starting to legalise some mica mines, a senior government official said, after a Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation revealed the coverup of child deaths in illegal mining. A threemonth investigation in

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The dark secret of Jharkhand's shiny mineral mica

Aug 23, 2019· Till the 1980s, mica mining was a flourishing business in Bihar Jharkhand was part of Bihar then as majority of the mined mica was exported to the then USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for space and military equipment production. In

Illegal mica mines in Bihar and Jharkhand employ child

Apr 16, 2014· Mica can be found in the mines of Jharkhand and Bihar. Most of it is extracted from illegal mines using child labour in 2012, the export of mica was over eight times the country's officially stated production.

Illegal mica scavenging in Jharkhand is destroying the

Underground mining was legal in Jharkhand before the Forest Conservation Act came into effect in 1980. Mining companies began to windup as the government stopped issuing fresh leases. By 2000, mica mining ground to a complete halt. And that is when the illegal scavenging started.

The dark secret of Jharkhand's shiny mineral mica

Aug 23, 2019· Officially, mica mining was banned in Jharkhand some two decades back. But, in the absence of any other source of income, local tribals are forced to descend into illegal rathole mines to collect mica scrap.

Blood Mica: Glittery Eyeshadow and Child LaborThe

Jul 09, 2019· Approximately 90 percent of the worlds mica comes from India, particularly from region of Jharkhand where the worlds largest mica deposits can be found. Despite its mineral wealth, the region is plagued by poverty and hunger. Of the 33 million people who live

Jharkhand: Illegal Mica Scavenging In Abandoned Mines

Broken nails are possibly the least of all the horrors of mica scavenging in and around abandoned mines in the eastern Indian province of Jharkhand. Exploitative child labour, death by suffocation in mining shafts, severe health hazards such as tuberculosis for the impoverished workers who have nothing else to turn to for a living are issues that need more immediate attention.

Top 10 Largest Mica Producing States in India In 2019

Jan 02, 2019· Due to several technical signs of progress, other countries have emerged as major producers now; still, India manages to be in rank 8th on the list of top countries producing mica. Below is the list of top 10 largest mica producing states in India in 2019.